1. Minutes of the Senate/Congress meeting of October 15, 1997 were
approved after an adjustment in attendance and clarification that it was
the Senate which voted for the amended resolution in support of UH autonomy
in item number 14.

2. Committee Reports:

Committee on Student Affairs: Gwen Naguwa

Plans to work on (1) communication of information students need and
(2) activities to develop a sense of community for the campus. Committee on Professional Matters: Donna Ching Will report at the next meeting Committee on the Undergraduate Experience: Ken Kipnis Has identified the problems to be worked on. Ken read a statement
reflecting his understanding of the Committee's thoughts about its task.
The statement is attached to these minutes. Committee on Administration and Budget: Pat Burrell It is looking at the status of last years committee resolutions, service
contracts, hiring freeze procedures, performance contract retrofitting
for some buildings, and the budget. Committee on Faculty Service: Marilyn Dunlap Has recommended faculty for a number of committees an assignments.
Senators are encouraged to nominate colleagues and to distribute to their
units CFS requests for nominations and volunteers. Committee on Athletics: David Yount reported for Peter Nicholson Committee has worked on a draft of the gender equity review which
is done each year and sent to President Mortimer. 1997 is the first year
of a 6 year gender equity plan. The Committee reports some significant
progress, but more needs to be done and gender equity remains an elusive
goal. 3. CAPP recommended Senate approval of the PH.D. in Nursing proposal. The Committee reported that there is a strong local and national need for
graduates, strong financial backing exists, and existing resources should
be sufficient.

Discussion: Although UH is experiencing budget cuts, this Program can
be considered because it is expected to bring in grants and more resources.
Faculty are available to teach in the program. Only 5 students will be
added each year. Hamilton Library resources need upgrading, but a downtown
library has sufficient materials.

Vote: unanimous voice vote approval

4. CAPP recommended the transfer of the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute
for Peace to the College of Social Science. This program is currently
in the Academic Vice President's office and all the parties involved believe
it is better located in an academic unit. Discussions between the Dean
of the College of Social Science and the Peace Institute led to the proposal.
Both sides are agreeable and no additional resources are involved in the
relocation of the academic home.

Discussion: The Institute does not offer a degree at present. A proposal
for a Masters Degree almost made it to the BOR a few years ago but was
stopped because the Institute did not have an academic home. This proposal
will be revisited once an academic home is arranged.

Vote: unanimous voice vote approval

5. CAPP recommended a proposed B.A. in Computer Science. The
ICS Department is the only College of Natural Science Department without
both a B.S. and B.A. degree choice. This will give more breadth than the
present B.S. Program. Students will benefit from the choice. CAPP does
not believe more resources will be needed, and no new library resources
are needed.

Discussion: Resources might be needed in this high demand field if the
degree attracts more students to the area.

Vote: unanimous voice vote approval

6. Faculty Senate Web Page will be back in business about
11/24. WWW2.hawaii.edu/~uhmfs/

7. Autonomy: Eugene Imai, Senior Vice President for Administration,
reported on the draft of a bill the UH Administration is preparing. A copy
of this bill was distributed at the meeting, and will be available at the
Senate web page. The Governor's Task Force on Economic Recovery has as
one of its main suggestions UH autonomy. The measure would, among other
things, provide for faster response by the University to research opportunities,
expand its entrepreneurial enterprises, respond in a more timely manner
to legal issues, and react more quickly to opportunities in procurement.
The University will remain accountable to the accepted practices of expending
and accounting for public funds, and audits of its various funds and operations
will continue to be conducted.

The Administration is working to get its ideas into a bill. Imai reported
that no two people have the same ideas of what autonomy means and the first
draft of the bill is a "kitchen sink" version with a lot of things in it.
He emphasized that the Administration does not want to propose things which
will hurt UH, and is being careful to try to get funds currently spent
elsewhere if the UH assumes a new duty. Imai asked for maximum exposure
for the draft and feedback, preferably by e-mail to eimai@hawaii.edu or
by fax to 956-9211 or Bachman Hall 201. He also pointed out that the draft
is a work in progress and changes frequently.

Discussion: UHPA does not object in principal to autonomy and looks
forward to seeing the specific details. In response to questions Imai said
(1) the bill involves statutory changes, not constitutional changes. (2)
Changes in legal support mean UH would have its own legal representation
rather than relying on the Attorney General's Office which represents the
State first. (3) UH would not have to wait for the Attorney General's Office
to decide whether to take up a case, (4) The union contract's provision
of legal services for faculty will not be changed.

8. Alex Malahoff introduced Dean Smith as the Interim Senior
Vice President and Executive Vice Chancellor of Manoa and welcomed
him to the Senate meeting.

Smith reported that a search will be gin soon for a permanent appointee.
His former position as Senior Vice President for Research and Graduate
Education is being filled by Peter Garrod on an acting basis and he expects
President Mortimer will soon announce an interim appointment.

Smith reported that he does not have a major agenda for change since
his is an interim appointment, but circumstances will bring challenges.
First, is the budget. Fiscal year 1999 has major uncertainties as the discussion
about State tax cuts proceeds. Smith believes it will be hard to absorb
further UH cuts, and we need to develop a strategy: cuts should not be
unplanned. Second, he is concerned about the perceived gap between research
and academics on the campus being wider than he has experienced elsewhere
and he'd like to build bridges. Third, several program area will get his
attention, particularly the WASC reaccreditation effort and Manoa's strategic
plan. The latter is in process and a target is 12/1 for distribution of
a draft for review and comment. In January he will report to the Regents
that Manoa is at the feedback stage, but the Regents will not be acting
on the Plan until later. The target for sending a proposal to the BOR is
May, 1998. Smith sees the big task as determining the vision we have of
what Manoa should be in 10 years.

Smith described as his personal goals strengthening the feeling that
we want a quality university, creating a sense of self respect for Manoa,
and having pride in the University: that we will, or would, want to send
our children here.

In response to questions, Smith said he has a deep interest in
undergraduate education, and he hopes to have very sticky fingers when
efforts are made to transfer resources from Manoa.

After discussion of whether the Senate Charter allows members
of ad hoc Senate committees to be other than members of the Faculty Congress,
whether the Committee had discussed adequately having student members,
the intent of the Senate to have student committee members in the original
resolution creating the committee, and the usefulness of student members
given the Committee's purpose, there was a quorum call.Lacking a quorum,
the meeting was adjourned at 4:55.